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Accountability

Sri Lanka Police Face Questions After Tuesday’s Firing on Protestors

An on-spot magisterial enquiry into Tuesday’s firing on protestors has been accompanied with voices of condemnation from the US Embassy in Sri Lanka, the...

OWSA Contributor - 21 April 2022

Finance and Economy

Sri Lankan Economic Crisis Inflicted by Self-Serving Elite

Once deemed a basic human needs success story, Sri Lanka is now in its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Nonetheless, Sri Lanka’s...

Inter Press Service - 20 April 2022

Accountability

Gotabaya Admits ‘Mistake’ A Year After Imposing Ban on Fertilisers

With little opposition, the Rajapaksa family has ruled the island nation with an iron hand. Few dared to hold them accountable or question widespread...

OWSA Contributor - 19 April 2022

Civil society

Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Reform Charm Offensive

On 22 March 2022, Sri Lankan lawmakers have approved a range of reforms to the country’s controversial anti-terror law. Activist groups, some Western governments and international bodies continue...

East Asia Forum - 19 April 2022

Disaster risk reduction

Environmental Factors Behind Depression In Sri Lanka

Rather than genetic causes, environmental factors, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the civil war until 2009, were identified as causes that affected...

SciDevNet - 16 April 2022

Finance and Economy

Nepal Works to Promote Remittances; Tightens Screws on Imports

Banking bodies and associations of non-residents have been roped in by the Nepal government to curb the flow of currency and attract foreign exchange...

OWSA Contributor - 13 April 2022

Finance and Economy

Lankans Suspend Repayment of Foreign Debts

In a sudden, though not unexpected development, Sri Lanka today announced the suspension of the island nation’s debt repayments. Sri Lanka’s Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena...

OWSA Contributor - 12 April 2022

Accountability